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University secured $1.4 million in federal funding to treat health care shortages in Washington state, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, visited campus to see just what those dollars support.“You’re meeting critical needs we hear about all the time,” Murray said to a room of PLU faculty, students and recent graduates after touring campus, specifically the School of Nursing. Wednesday’s tour was the senator’s first official visit to the university, during which she learned about the bachelor’s, master’s

begin her service at PLU on Feb. 1.School of Nursing at PLULearn MoreThe School of Nursing at PLU is a top nursing college in the Pacific Northwest. It offers a variety of undergraduate and graduate degrees that prepare PLU students to serve in a wide variety of health care settings. Read Previous Physics Chair Bret Underwood receives 2023 K.T. Tang Faculty Excellence Award in Research Read Next New partnership will bring expanded health care access to Pierce County COMMENTS*Note: All comments are

wide variety of influential roles in health care. Induction into the Fellowship represents more than recognition of one’s accomplishments within the nursing profession. Fellows contribute their collective expertise to the Academy, engaging with health leaders nationally and globally to improve health and achieve health equity by impacting policy through nursing leadership, innovation, and science.   Through a competitive, rigorous application process, the Academy’s Fellow Selection Committee

, uptake and use of results from patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research,” said PCORI Executive Director Nakela L. Cook, M.D., MPH. “Through a highly competitive review process, awardees’ proposals were assessed for the importance of the findings being shared and implemented and the potential for the project to lead to changes in practice and improvements in health care and health outcomes.” Led by principal investigators Tiffany Artime, Ph.D. (PLU) and Katherine Buchholz, Ph.D

) program at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences. She’s now a third-year student in PNWU’s Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) program. After two years of classes at PNWU’s Yakima campus, Hatton is now back in the Tacoma area doing clinical rotations with a doctor who works at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital, Tacoma General Hospital and St. Joseph Medical Center. She recently met with PLU News to discuss her path into the medical field. What inspired you to pursue a career in health care? Going

about surviving, it’s about self-preservation. To survive is to remain in existence, but preservation is to persist — to maintain your purpose in spite of difficulty and discouragement. Self-care may include using resources such as the Health and Counseling centers, making time for friends and fun, and simply eating well. If the well-being of you or someone you know is lacking, the Student Care Network is there to back you up. “Self-care (for me) would definitely have to do with trying to balance

showcase the uniquely interpersonal values and tight-knit culture of the Lute family — even in this time of physical distancing.The shows all connect back to a different central channel theme each week, and are hosted by a team of cross-campus partners from the Student Care Network, Student Life, the School of Arts and Communication, Outdoor Rec, Counseling, Health & Wellness Services, and Campus Ministry. Created to help bring on- and off-campus community members together after the university

company established an endowed scholarship. Applicants must be a junior or senior at an ICW college as of Fall 2019, have a minimum GPA of 3.25, and be majoring in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), a health care field, or be preparing to teach in a STEM field. Not automatically renewable. Boeing Application checklist: 1) Junior or senior as of fall 2019 who is majoring in science, technology, engineering, math, or health care; 2) 3.25+ GPA; 3) One-page resume that indicates

practicing at the top of their licenses as health care providers alongside physicians, nurses and others.  Additionally, NEOMED M.S./Ph.D. students enjoy generous stipends and assistantships, while training in an academic health center, before moving onto careers in academia or industry as faculty and researchers. Learn more at https://www.neomed.edu/pharmacy/admissions/paths/doctor-of-pharmacy/ Read Previous STEM Summer Research with Arcadia Abroad Read Next ACS Puget Sound – Awards and Scholarships

whom it is the right fit, with campus-based counselors. Also, yoga and meditation are available to students, faculty and staff via Lute Telehealth. We also have our new referral service, ThrivingCampus and health coaching with opportunities to meet with nutritionists. Finally, there is preventative and proactive care where PLU counselors go out into the community and classroom to teach skills for managing health and well-being. And an ecological model of wellness that embeds wellness education